Automobile-chair.



No. 872,247. PATENTED NOV. 26, 1907. A. L. MOSS.

AUTOMOBILE CHAIR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2o, 1907.

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AUGUSTUS LEICESTER MOSS, O1" SANDUSKY, OHIO.

AUTOMOBILE-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1907.

' Application led May 20, 1907 Serial No. 374,582.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS LEIoEsTER Moss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Automobile-Chair, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The obj ect of my invention is to provide a new -and improved chair, more especially ada ted for use in automobiles and simliar vehlcles, and arranged to permit convenient adjustment 4of the chair in a lon itudinal direction within the body of the ve icle, to suit the convenience of the occupant of the vehicle. v

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, Which Will be more fully described -hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part, of this specification, in which similar characters of referenceV indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of `the improvement; Fig. 2 is a .transverse section of the same, and Fi 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the ine 3-3 of Fig. '1.

Into the bottom or Hoor of` the vehicle body A is -fitted a guideway B, approximately' of box shape, and provided in its top with a longitudinally extending slot B', and prpvided on its bottom with notches or teeth B2 extending in the direction of the slot B and directly below the same. On the guidewayB is mounted to slide the base C, through.which extends the hollow post D, in which screws the screw rod E attached to the underside of a seat F of any approved construction. The lower end ot the post D is provided with a flange D having rollers D3 traveling onthe underside of the top of the guideway B, and a nut D2 screws on the post The latter is provided with friction rollers C traveling on the top of the guideway B. By adjusting the nut `D2 wabbling of the chair is prevented. In the lowerend of the post Dis mounted to slide vertically the shank G of a toothed or serrated catch G normally pressed down. ward by a spring GrZ into engagement with corresponding notches or teeth Bz to lock the post or standard D against longitudinal movement on the guideway B. The upper end of vthe shank G is connected with a spring-pressed pedal Il l'ulcrumcd on the top of the base C, so that the operator can conveniently press thc pedal li, to lil't the catch Gout of engagement with the corresponding notches B2 to allow the operator to slide the post or standard .D and its seat F forward or backward in the body of the vehicle, to suit the convenience of the occupants ol the cai'. W'hen the seat F and its post or standard D are'in the desired position, then the operator releases the pedal H, so that the catch G moves downward and engages the corresponding notches B2, to again lock the standard and its seat in the adjusted position.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the automobile chair shown and described is simple and durable in construction and can be readily adjusted to suit the convenience of the occupants of the automobile.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Ajvehicle chair com rising a guideway in the bottoni of the vehic e body, a ost carrying a seat, a base mounted to sli e on the top of said gnideway and through which the said post extends, the lower end of the post extending into the guideway and having a iange engaging the under side of the top of the guideway, a nut adjustable 011 the post and adapted to engage the top of the base, and means for locking the base and post in positionon the said guideway. j

2. A vehicle chair comprising a guideway fixed in the bottom of the vehicle body and having a slot in the top and notches'on the bottom and running in the direction of the slot, a post carrying a seat and provided with a flange extending into the said guideway, and a locking catch held on the said post and adapted to engage the said notches.

3. A vehicle chair comprising a guideway fixed in the bottom of the vehicle body and having a slot in the top and notches on the bottom and ruiming in the direction of the slot, a post carrying a seat and provided with a flange extending into the said guideway, a locking catch held on the said post and adapted to engage the said notches, and a pedal for controlling the said catch.

4. A vehicle/chair comprising a guideway fixed in the bottom of the vehiclel body and having a slot in the top and notches on the bottom and running in the direction of the slot, a post carrying a seat and provided with provided at 'its lower end with a ilange adapted to shde on the under side of the top a ange'le'xtending into the said guideway, a

locking catch held on the said .post and adapted to engage the said notches, and a base adjustable on 'the post and adapted to travel on the said guideway.

5. In combination with a vehicle, a guide- Way in the bottom of the vehicle body, a base mounted to slide on the top ,'of the guideway, a post carrying a seat and extending through the base into the guideway, the post being t post extends, a nut screwing on the post Vadacent to the base, and means for locking .I the base and postinnposition on the guide- 25 way.

7. The combination with a vehicle, of a guideway in the bottom -of the vehicle, the

said guideway having a slotl in its top and rovidedon its bottom With teeth extending 1n the direction of the slot, a post carrying a seat, a4 base mounted to move on the Iguideway and through which the said post extends, a edal fulcrumed on the top of the base, an a spring-pressed toothed catch normally held in engagement with the teeth on the bottom of the guideway, the said mengagement 'With'the teeth on thebottom of the guideway, the said catch having a vertical shank extending into the lower end of saidpost, and means connected with the said shank for lifting the catch.

A9. lThe combination with a vehicle, of a guideway in the bottom of the vehicle, the

said guideway having a slot in its top and provided on its bottom with teeth, a base provided with rollers and mounted to travel on the top of said guideway, a post carrying a seat and extending through the base andV the slot in the top of the guideway, the post being provided at its lower end with a flange havingrollers engaging the under` side of the top of the guideway, and `means for locking the said base and post in position on the/said 'guideway; JJ

v.In testimony whereof I have signed myV name tothis specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. AUGUSTUS LEICESTER MOSS.

Witnesses:

N. E. PUHR, L. H. ERNST. 

